title: MRI findings of cerebral cryptococcosis in immunocompetent patients.
abstract: Worldwide, cerebral cryptococcal infections caused by cryptococcus neoformans are mostly found in immunocompromised patients, but less found in immunocompetent patients with fewer related imaging reports in literatures. This pictorial essay describes some important MR imaging features in arriving at diagnosis for cerebral cryptococcosis in immunocompetent patients by way of five illustrative cases with intact MRI data.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology Neurology Pathology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China. csq_q@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Shaoqiong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xiaohong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zhigang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Quan
authors.forename: Sichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuang
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Luo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence / Q000276:immunology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D016919:Meningitis, Cryptococcal / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged